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Hi
Try single RAM stick
Also try to boot when motherboard is on non conductive surface like wooden table or motherboard box
Try clearing CMOS with power cord removed >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Maybe battery replacement will help
If above fails, disconnect everything, remove CPU and inspect CPU socket with magnifying glass and bright light.
Edit: with single RAM stick, make sure to test each RAM stick at the time, each time in different slot.

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Z97-G45 Gaming boot loop issue

Hey everyone,
My new build seems to be giving me problems. I put everything together, imaged my SSD and everything seemed to be working fine at first. I had games running and was getting excellent performance with everything on stock settings. Then I started to sync my Plex media server with all it's contents and my computer froze. The keyboard/mouse were non-responsive so frustratingly I reset the computer manually.
Now my computer fans will boot up and then immediately turn back off.
So far I've:
-Disconnected everything except my CPU/RAM and PSU -- I got the same boot loop response
-Initially, I was able to get the system to the BIOS by changing the configuration of the RAM. Now that no longer works. It would require me to change the RAM multiple times, and the system by random chance would sometimes boot to the BIOS. It would freeze if I tried to get into the OS.
-I just exchanged the PSU with a known working component. (Both 750W)
-I reseated the CPU and ensured I had a proper connection between the heat sink and CPU
There doesn't seem to be any physical degradation of the motherboard.
Here's the specs:
MSI Z97-G45 Gaming Motherboard BIOS v2.0
Intel Core i7-4770k processor
Corsair H70 CPU heat sink
16GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600(I've tried both w/ XMP on and off when I can get the system to boot)
Nvidia Gefore GTX 750 TI Graphics Card (also tried onboard DVI connections)
Corsair HX750W (tried also my Thermaltake 750W)
Zowie Mechanical Keyboard
Zowie optical mouse
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-Bit
1x 250GB Western Digital Black
1x 1TB Western Digital Black
1x 120GB Corsair Force 3 SSD (Broken in my attempts to plug/unplug it and the terminals snapped -- SOOOO frustrated at that. I have the 1TB Western Digital imaged with the same OS now.)
Hopefully you guys have an idea to try before I RMA it...

It's used to clear the CMOS, so no, it should not have a jumper on it. Most use a flat tip screwdriver to short it to clear CMOS, or the clear CMOS button at the I/O plate if one is provided there.

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to what bios version live update update it?
have you done >>Clear CMOS Guide<< with power cord removed?
can you list full system specs see >>Posting Guide<<
about bios recovery, boot with working bios, and go to bios setup, then select m-flash, switch your bios chips
and proceed with recovery

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sounds like along with drivers, you also flashed your BIOS and this failed and caused this issue
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I tried to put the MSI Z97 BIOS on a flash drive and reboot with that, but nothing happens. There are no beeps, just the harddrives booting up and then nothing more..
place your old BIOS version on the USB key not renamed and place the USB key in rear USB ports
then see if BIOS can be recovered
else you have to RMA it as there is no dual BIOS solution on it

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Quote from: pandaz on 07-October-14, 16:57:17
To Kuba..
1. Could you state clearly what is the original boot sequence of your HDD shown in the bios?
you mentioned that after you reset from Windows or from DOS then the sequence will changed?? how often will this symptoms happened.
2. If you only use the Intel SSD 520 + the Normal HDD (remove DVD and the Samsung SSD) , will you see the boot sequence lost issue?
3. What do you mean by the below?? you can't flash bios 1.5 in DOS mode??? please help explain in details
BIOS 1.5 from the support site (no matter eu or global) won't run on Windows 8.1. the file downloaded by msi live update runs normally. Can somebody help and share BIOS 1.5 installer?
Regards
Orginal boot sequence:
1: SSD Intel 520 (system)
2: SSD Samsung 840
3: HDD
Mobo was traing to set Samsung at first place, but after disconnecting this drive, it put HDD on fist place. So i disconnected all other drives, and mobo shows only question marks in Intel SSD field.
I never had any problems with this intel SSD, it works perfect, samsung behaves the same way, it disappears randomly.
Sometimes all works correct, some times some drive is missing, it does not matter the restart is made on windows, dos, or on bios. Totally random.
When i switch to second bios (1.3) all works fine, only on 1.6 freaking out.
When i what start bios package from msi-support site windows shows "this app. can't be run on this system", thats all (there are 3 files i archive). File downloaded by msi-update starts normally (and this is only one exe file), unzip and run dos-mode update. Unfortunately, I removed the file with 1.5 downloaded by msi live update.
Maybe the bios package is dedicated to installing from usb-drive through m-flash ?
And on the windows can update only through msi-live update? I really do not know, I'm confused.

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Try to remove OC with >>Clear CMOS Guide<< and see if it works fine then

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The thing is: cheap PSU that you've used in old build is most likely not support Haswell (Refresh) so that might be causing different issues too. And personally: yes I will defend it til the death. Cheap PSU can kill anything instantly, and the fact it works with old system... well. It's OLD system and so is PSU.
Also you're mixing RAM. This motherboard will work perfectly with either 1, 2 or 4 RAM sticks, never 3.
I think you should speak to the reseller OR MSI, since you think that motherboard killed all the drives (I wonder how... mobo is connected to them only through SATA cables which deliver NO power to them)..
>>How to contact MSI.<<

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I'm using a Corsair CS650m.
I've noticed the CPU support issue after I encountered my problem and was surprised to see this, my understanding that the gaming boards did support the new Haswells, at least with a recent BIOS. In fact, there are some references online to BIOS update issues for this CPU.
Let me ask a crazy question: Is it possible that I've somehow POSTed correctly and what I'm seeing now is the CPU term? I'm wondering because the numbers (42-44) fluctuate a bit. I know that POST and POST2 can be used for CPU temp, but I'm not sure how one distinguishes between that and a debug code.

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For back panel audio ports, you can connect Direct Audio Power and turn on the AUD_SW1 switch to get better audio quality
and the back panel audio jack
the top(or left) three are mic / Line-out / Line-in, if you plug in your headphone realtek manager will also show the the function of which port you plug in...

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Quote from: Marksussman1974 on 31-May-15, 01:25:40
I'm just curious, did you update your mobo bios to latest release? Also, what speed do you usually keep your cpu at?
I have updated my BIOS to latest version only because I though I had BIOS problem -> https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=252562.msg1451633#msg1451633
Turned out it wasn't, but no one replied at the time.
I keep ,y CPU as high as temperatures allows,. I run 3 Prime95 threads 24/7 + 1 more at night time, and I prefer CPU package temps to be at low 60s.
Currently @ 4HGz 1.16v under load (tad above default 1.15v)

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ok just wanted to update , well had to reload everything, it lost half the registry and changed everything to .lnk extensions, so im pretty sure the bsod was caused my issues because I didn't reload the OS fresh, and the bios was using a 1.0 flash , now since reload everything is all happy, im currently running a 4.7 Oc with 1.31 v on the cpu, 1.6v on the ram and 1.91 on vccin, and so far its stable and holding, so lesson learned "reload os when adding new mb and cpu" and make sure the bios is up to date. after everthing is reinstalled I may try a 5.0 OC cause I kinda made that y goal currently I think its entirely possible considering its dl,ng multiple filesgames and checking my raid 5 volume, and the temp is37-41c so so far so good, if anyone wants to throw so suggestions feel free but so far I am thinking 4.7 is the magic number hmmm

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Contact MSI directly to have a ask about it, >>How to contact MSI.<<

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Isn't it a 4 true phase pwm doubled to 8? Controller is also analog i guess.
What are those mosfets btw?
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GD65 GAMING boot loop

Hi All,
I have a new building I am having issues with:
CPU: i5 4670K
RAM: 2x 4GB G Skill Sniper
HDD: 2x SSD's
GPU: 2x AMD 6950's (CrossX)
PSU: Corsair 1200W
The PSU is not new, it is existing from my previous build, as with GPU's.
Currently I am unable to get this mobo to post. It starts for half a sec, fans spins up, than stops, it tries again 30 sec later same thing.
I have tried:
- Clearing CMOS
- disconnecting everything except CPU
- removing mobo from case and starting there.
- Power cycling PSU
- Different PSU
anyone else got any ideas? or is it a faulty mobo?

Thanks for the responses all Guys,
But unfortunatly, I have tried all those.
Other thigs I have noticed:
- Power LED is always on - this to me is strange
- The Power Sw on my case doies not work with this motherboard - but it did work fine on my previous mobo. The onboard switch does work
(I have unplugged everything, including LED / switches etc).
Any more ideas?

Z97 Gaming 5 boot loop

Hi,
I hope someone around could help me with that, this morning my pc refused to start normally and just boot loop without printing anything on screen. No POST beep, noting...when i force the shutdown by holding power switch it stops but a blue led blinks for a few sec near the CMOS battery...
My rig:
Z97 Gaming 5
i5 4690K @3.5Ghz (stock settings^^)
RAM : 2x4GB Corsair vengeance 2133Mhz, DDR3
Noname optical drive
Samsung 240 evo ssd (250GB)
Seagate Barracude 2To
MSI GTX 970 Gaming edition 4GB DDR
PSU: Corsair RM750
CPU cooler Noctua NH-U12S
I've tried to unplug everything but RAM/CPU, reseted CMOS, but still nothing...only fans spins (case and cpu) and that blue light on forced shutdown. Is there anything i could do or should i just move on to RMA (the mobo is a month old^^) ?

Hi
Try single RAM stick
Also try to boot when motherboard is on non conductive surface like wooden table or motherboard box
Try clearing CMOS with power cord removed >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Maybe battery replacement will help
If above fails, disconnect everything, remove CPU and inspect CPU socket with magnifying glass and bright light.
Edit: with single RAM stick, make sure to test each RAM stick at the time, each time in different slot.

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